• **Pros:
  • Good exercise and it helps me lose weight
  • Out in nature
  • Beautiful garden and fresh vegetables/ herbs
  • My animals enjoy me being outside
  • Social connections with other gardeners
  • It's fun to travel and visit other gardens and ask questions
  • It's mentally healthy to have a strong passion for something in this life.
  • It's a creative outlet for me..a garden is a living sculpture.
  • **Cons:
  • Constant exposure to sun on skin, hair and eyes
  • Exhausted/sore in the evenings from the hard work.
  • Plants and water are expensive
  • A Garden is very fragile and can be destroyed by nature.
  • Bug bites
  • Dirty nails and no manicures
  • Leaves me with little time for other hobbies
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